Baling-press



A. PAYNE.

BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1920.

Patented Oct 25, 1921.

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BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1920.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE.

ALVAH ZPAYNE, O15 ORANGE, TEXAS.

FEELING-PRESS.

Application filed May 29,

T 0 (117 10720722, it may concern Y Be it known that I, ALVAH PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Orange and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in BalingPresses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baling presses and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is toprovide a baling press of simple and durable structure and which includes a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement in a baling box with spring means for retracting the plunger in the box and mechanical means automatically operated by the movement of the plunger as it retracts under the influence of thev spring means to engage the parts whereby the plunger is moved in a forward direction or upon its compression stroke at a predetermined interval of time. In other words the plunger is permitted to remain at a state of rest for an interval oftime when it is at its retracted position in the baling box whereby the material which is being baled may be deposited in the box in advance of the plunger. When the plunger reaches the end of its compression stroke it is immediately returned by the instruinentality hereinbefore referred to to its retracted position in the box.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the baling press.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a lever used upon the press.

The baling press comprises a frame 1 preferably of wood and which, if desired, may be mounted upon wheels for transportation in a usual manner. The baling box 2 is mounted upon the frame 1 and is provided at its top side with an opening 3 through which the hay or other material may be deposited into thebody of the box. A plunger 4 is'mounted for reciprocatory movement in "the box 2 andabeam dis-fixed at its endto Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

comes in contact with the bumper member 9' whereby the plunger may assume a state of rest in the box without imparting shock to the structure. A loop 10 is pivotally mounted upon the beam 5 at a point between the ends thereof and is provided'with an end portion which lies transversely across the upper surface of the beam and which normally rests upon the wear strip 7. A shaft 11 is journaled for rotation upon the frame 1 and a relatively large gear wheel 12 is fixed to the shaft 11. A pawl 13 is pivoted at a point be tween its ends to the side of the gear wheel 12 at a point between the center of the gear wheel and the periphery thereof. An arm 14. is mounted upon the shaft 11 but is held in. a fixed position and a friction wheel 15 is journaled upon the arm 14 and bears against the upper surface of the wear strip 7 hereinbefore described. A

A disk 16 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 11 and is provided at one side with a stud'1'7 which lies in the path of movement the relatively large gear wheel 12 hereinbe- I fore described. A belt pulley 21 is mounted upon the shaft 19 and a belt, not shown, may be trained around the pulley 21 for trans mitting movement to the same and the shaft 19 in a usual manner.

A lever 22 is pivoted at its lower end to the frame 1 at a point behind the inner end of the bailing box 2 and the upper free end portion of the lever 22 extends up along the side of the beam 5 and the upper extremity of the said lever 22 projects above the top side of said beam. A lever 23 is pivoted at one end to the frame 1 and lies in a plane disposed at a right angle to the'plane in located at a point below and between the shafts 11 and 19 and is offset to permit it to pass the gear 20. A link 24 is pivotally con-- nected at its end with the levers 22 and. 23 respectively, and is adapted to swing the lever 23 as the lever 22 is swung. When the lever 23 is swung to a forward position it lies in the path of movement of the outer end of the pawl 13 when the inner end of the said pawl is in engagement with the stud 17 upon the disk 16. The upper portion of the lever 22 extends into the path of move- 'ment of the intermediate portion of the loop 10 which is pivotally mounted upon the beam 5. p The operation of the press is as follows The shaft 11 and gear wheel 12 are constantly rotated and receive their rotary movement from the shaft 19 and gear Wheel 20." Initially the plunger 4 is at a retracted position in the baling box 2 and the hay is deposited in the box in advance of the plunger. At this time the upper end of the lever 22 is swung away from the adjacent end of the box 2 and the free end portion of the lever 23 is disposed out of the path of movement of the outer end of the pawl 13. Therefore as the wheel 12 rotates the inner end of the pawl 13 engages the stud 17 upon the disk 16 and rotates the disk.

' Inasmuch as the teeth of the gear wheel 18 which is fixed to the disk 16 are in mesh with the teeth,6 at the under side of the beam, the beam is moved into the box 2 and the plunger 4 begins its compression stroke.

. When the intermediate portion of the loop swung upon its pivotal connection with the wheel 12 whereby the inner end of the pawl .is moved out of engagement with the side of the stud 17 upon the disk 16. This releases the disk 16 and under the influence of the expansion of the hay the plungeret is moved to a'retracted position in the baling box 2.

.The beam 5 also moves away from the box 2 and lts outer end comes inv contact with the bumper member 9. As the beam 5 moves away from the box 2 the intermediate portion of the loop 10 comes in contact with the upper end of the lever 22 and swings the same away from the adjacent end of the box 2 whereby the rod 24 is moved away from the box 2 and the lever 23 is swung so that its intermediate portion is carried out of the path of movement of the outer end of thepawl 13 and.v consequently the said pawl jis free to swing upon its pivotal connfic iql to engage against the stud 17 carried by the disk 16 and when this occurs the operation set forth above is repeated.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that a baling press of simple and durable structure is provided and that the same is automatic in its action to permit the plunger to remain at a state-of rest for a predetermined interval between its compression strokes or prior to its compression stroke and when the plunger arrives at the end of its compression stroke in the baling box it is immediately returned to the retracted position and remains at rest for the interval stated. Therefore the act of compressing the bale is promptly accomplished and suflicient time is permitted to'elapse in which the material may be deposited by an operator in the baling box'in advance of the stroke, the parts being so arranged that theplunger may remain at a state of rest for a predetermined interval of time when it is at the retracted position and means operated by the retracting movement of the plunger to permit the plunger to be operatively connected with a source of power and the said means adapted to be operated by the plunger during its compression stroke to interrupt the connection of the plunger with the source of power. j

2. A baling press comprising a box, a plunger mounted for reciprocity movement therein, a beam attached to the plunger and provided with gear teeth, a bumper member located in the path 0 f movement of the beam, a loop pivotally mounted upon the beam, a lever mechanism having apart extending into the path of movement of the loop, a shaft journaled for rotation adjacent the box, means for rotating theshaft, a disk loosely mounted upon the shaft and'having a stud, a pawl pivotally mounted upon the means which rotate the shaft and having an inner end portion adapted to engage the stud, the outer end portion of the pawl when the inner end thereof is inengagement with the stud adapted to encounter a part of the said lever mechanism, and a gear wheel fixed to the disk and meshing with the teeth upon the beam.

3. A baling press comprising a box, a plunger mounted for movement therein; a

:beam attached to the plunger and having teeth, a shaft journaled for rotation adjaa disk loosely mounted upon the shaft and having a gear wheel which meshes with the teeth upon the beam, a stud mounted upon the disk and located in the path of movement of the inner end of the pawl and means adapted to be actuated by the movement of the beam and brought into the path of movement of the outer end portion of the pawl.

4L. A baling press comprising a box, a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement therein, a beam attached to the plunger, a bumper member located in the path of movement of the beam, means for moving the beam in a forward direction and including a pawl which is pivotally mounted, a

lever pivoted adjacent the box and having an end portion disposed transversely across the beam, a loop carried by-the beam and adapted to engage the lever, a second lever pivoted adjacent the box, means operatively connecting the levers together, the last mentioned lever having a portion adapted to be moved into the path of movement of the outer end of the pawl.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVAH PAYNE. Witnesses:

W. A. CUNPBUE, G. M. SELLS. 

